New to Warren Zevon...what can you reccomend?

[Taverner]

Of course I have the obligatory "Lawyers Guns and Money" and "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner"

What else would you reccomend song wise?

[Patiod]

1. Werewolves of Bryn Mawr

Our local radio station has him doing a local version of "Werewolves of London" - he lived here on and off for years.

I've never heard it myself, but his final album is supposed to be really good.

[electron_blue]

2. tenderness on the block. my fave

[Blue_In_AK]

3. I have a greatest hits

double CD that's pretty inclusive, but I don't see it anywhere on Amazon.com, so maybe it was just a limited release right around the time of his death. It's one of my favorites. Also, the last one he made is very good, although kind of sad because he was dying at the time.

ed. Okay, it's called "The Best of Warren Zevon - Genius" and it's not a double CD, but it does have 22 songs on it.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006LA4I/104-4829279-5655927?v=glance&n=5174

The other one is "The Wind"

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000AGWIK/104-4829279-5655927?v=glance&n=5174

[mike_c]

5. second this selection-- get the best of WZ CD-- it is excellent....

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead is another best of compilation on two discs. It covers many of the same songs as the Genius CD, so I wouldn't recommend both unless you're a Zevon freak, like me.

For some live concert recordings, check http://www.archive.org/details/WarrenZevon.

[taterguy]

4. Play It all Night Long

Best use of the word "brocellosis" in a song lyric ever.

Course it's hard to pick from all the great songs he wrote

[GoddessOfGuinness]

6. Excitable Boy

You're a Desperado, Poor Poor Pitiful Me

[Hissyspit]

7. The first three albums

at the very LEAST

"Desperadoes Under The Eaves"

[Hissyspit]

8. Hell, the first FOUR albums

Plus Sentimental Hygiene and The Wind.

[Va Lefty]

9. Bad Karma, Sentimental Hygiene and Mr. Bad Example

[Hissyspit]

10. All of these compilations are excellent, if incomplete...

44 SONGS!

Tracks

1 Frank and Jesse James Zevon 5:03
2 Hasten Down the Wind Zevon 4:48
3 Poor, Poor Pitiful Me Zevon 3:13
4 I'll Sleep When I'm Dead Zevon 3:12
5 Carmelita Zevon 3:26
6 Desperados Under the Eaves Zevon 4:05
7 Johnny Strikes up the Band Zevon 3:46
8 Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner Lindell, Zevon 4:29
9 Excitable Boy Marinell, Zevon 2:30
10 Werewolves of London Marinell, Wachtel, Zevon 3:54
11 Accidentally Like a Martyr Zevon 4:04
12 Lawyers, Guns and Money Zevon 2:53
13 Frozen Notes Zevon 4:17
14 Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School Zevon 3:22
15 Gorilla, You're a Desperado Zevon 2:23
16 Play It All Night Long Zevon 4:21
17 Mohammed's Radio Zevon 4:14
18 Jeannie Needs a Shooter Springsteen, Zevon :42
19 The Envoy Zevon 1:45
20 The Hula Hula Boys Zevon 3:11
21 Let Nothing Come Between You Zevon 3:55
22 Looking for the Next Best Thing Edwards, Marinell, Zevon 3:17
23 Sentimental Hygiene Zevon 4:36
24 Boom Boom Mancini Zevon 3:00
25 Detox Mansion Calderon, Zevon 3:05
26 Bad Karma Zevon 2:58
27 Reconsider Me Zevon 3:35
28 Run Straight Down Zevon 4:46
29 The Long Arm of the Law Zevon 2:48
30 Splendid Isolation Zevon 3:45
31 You Don't Know What Love Is DePaul, Raye 2:41
32 Raspberry Beret Prince 3:27
Composed by: Prince
Performed by: Hindu Love Gods
33 Suzie Lightning Zevon 3:38
34 Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead Marinell, Wachtel, Zevon 3:31
35 Searching for a Heart Zevon 2:00
36 Mr. Bad Example Calderon, Zevon 2:59
37 Roll With the Punches Zevon 2:47
38 The French Inhaler Zevon 3:18
39 The Indifference of Heaven Zevon 4:49
40 If You Won't Leave Me I'll Find Somebody Who Will Zevon 4:06
41 Real or Not Zevon 3:12
42 Seminole Bingo Hiaasen, Zevon 3:02
43 Monkey Wash Donkey Rinse Aldrich, Zevon 3:39
44 Mutineer Zevon 3:38




Tracks

1 Poor, Poor Pitiful Me Zevon 3:05
2 The French Inhaler Zevon 3:46
3 Carmelita Zevon 3:34
4 Hasten Down the Wind Zevon 2:59
5 Werewolves of London Marinell, Wachtel, Zevon 3:26
6 Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner Lindell, Zevon 3:44
7 Excitable Boy Marinell, Zevon 2:39
8 Lawyers, Guns and Money Zevon 3:30
9 Interlude No.1/Play It All Night Long Zevon 3:17
10 A Certain Girl Zevon 3:06
11 Looking for the Next Best Thing Edwards, Marinell, Zevon 3:37
12 Detox Mansion Calderon, Zevon 3:13
13 Reconsider Me Zevon 3:26
14 Boom Boom Mancini Zevon 4:48
15 Splendid Isolation Zevon 4:28
16 Raspberry Beret Prince 3:53
17 Searching for a Heart Zevon 4:16
18 Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead Marinell, Wachtel, Zevon 2:52
19 Mr. Bad Example Calderon, Zevon 3:21
20 Mutineer Zevon 3:16
21 I Was in the House When the House Burned Down Zevon 3:03
22 Genius Klein, Zevon 5:01




Tracks
1 Werewolves of London Marinell, Wachtel, Zevon 3:29
2 Excitable Boy Marinell, Zevon 2:39
3 Play It All Night Long Zevon 2:50
4 Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner Lindell, Zevon 3:47
5 The Envoy Zevon 3:12
6 Mohammed's Radio Zevon 3:41
7 Desperados Under the Eaves Zevon 4:45
8 Johnny Strikes up the Band Zevon 2:48
9 I'll Sleep When I'm Dead Zevon 2:56
10 Lawyers, Guns and Money Zevon 2:56
11 Ain't That Pretty at All Marinell, Zevon 3:34
12 Poor, Poor Pitiful Me Zevon 3:04
13 Accidentally Like a Martyr Zevon 3:39
14 Looking for the Next Best Thing Edwards, Marinell, Zevon 3:39

[mvd]

11. Haven't explored his discography much, but I do have The Wind

You couldn't go wrong buying it, even if the earlier albums are even better.

[patcox2]

Hit Somebody,

The whole Mr. Bad Example cd is great.

[patcox2]

12. Hit Somebody,

The whole Mr. Bad Example cd is great.

[taterguy]

13. The Hindu Love Gods CD

It was a side project where he did vocals backed by the guys from REM. All covers, lots of old blues songs and oddities like Rasberry Beret

[driver8]

14. Get his greatest hits -- good place to start.

So many great songs from him. Go on Amazon.com and read some reviews...let us know what you decided to start with.

[mvd]

16. Glad to hear it - I'll try that one out

Many greatest hits are a good place to start. Sometimes it's all I get due to the amount of CDs by other artists I get. But I hope to catch up.

[MoseyWalker]

15. Go to

this place:

http://www.warrenzevon.com/


and you will never ask again.

Read the forums. People from all over the world, and they are damn good people at that!

[MoseyWalker]

17. I'm going to repeat my response

because, there is no other place on the net to go to if one is truly interested:

Go to

this place:

http://www.warrenzevon.com /


and you will never ask again.

Read the forums. People from all over the world, and they are damn good people at that!

[driver8]

18. Warren Zevon people...

When I was in college, I did an internship in Washington, DC at a tv station. We had a comedian on one of our morning shows, and it just so happened that he was opening the show for Warren Zevon later that night. He asked me if I could make him a tape of his performance, and as I handed him the tape he asks me, "Hey, do you like Warren Zevon?" I'm thinking, "Is this a trick question? Does a bear shit in the woods?" I told him I loved Warren Zevon. He said, "well, since you helped me out, give me your name and I will leave two tickets for you at the box office."

So I get on the phone and call this girl I had a thing for, but she couldn't go...washing her hair or something like that. None of my other friends can go so I say, "F*ck this, I'll go by myself."

So I get to the show, I get my tickets and I'm standing in line. I hear the guys behind me telling their friend, "Don't worry, we'll get you a ticket." I turn around and ask them, "You guys need a ticket?" Their eyes light up, "Hell yes, we do!" I told them I had an extra one and that they could have it." "How much?" they asked me. "Nothing." I said. "I got it free, so you guys can have it." They must have thanked me a thousand times.

So we get into the show (at the Bayou in Georgetown)and it is general seating. I grab a seat next to these guys and before I know it, there are two beers in front of me. I look around and one of the guys says, "We are buying all of your beers tonight...don't even think about pulling out your money."

Not only that, but it was Warren Zevon with just a piano and an acoustic guitar -- no band at all. It was a great show with some great Warren Zevon people...

[WCGreen]

19. His version of Poor Poor Pitiful Me...

[IsIt1984Yet]

20. I recommend spelling "recommend" correctly.

:hide:

That, and some Terance Trent D'Arby :shrug:

[Giant Robot]

21. Keep Me In Your Heart

Off The Wind. If that doesn't make you cry, well, you have no soul.